人体英语趣说：ear耳，耳朵

Ear 耳，耳朵 The ear is the organ of hearing. A piece of light music is easy on the ear. We are usually all ears for big news. The Chinese like to say that there are ears behind the wall when they think somebody is overhearing. To express this idea, English people use either of the two proverbs : walls have ears and pitches have ears. They also think that little pitchers have big ears. Nice boys and girls respect other people. They will not secretly listen to others’ private conversations . 耳朵是听觉器官，一首轻松的乐曲悦耳动听(easy on the ear)。我们对重大新闻通常都专心聆听（be all ears)。 想到有人偷听时，中国人喜欢说：“隔墙有耳”。英国人用下列两句谚语表达同一意思：walls have ears (隔墙有耳)和Pitchers have ears (壶罐有耳）。他们还认为，Little pitchers have big ears (小孩子耳朵尖)。好孩子尊重别人，不会偷听人家的私人谈话 。